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| Full name | Elizabeth Ashton | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 March 1950 (age 73) Darwen, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Ashton (born 16 March 1950) was a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team for Eventing, best known for captaining Canada's gold medal team at the 1978 Eventing World Championship. She was also chosen for Canada's team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but did not compete due to the Canadian Olympic Committee's decision to boycott those Games. She did compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
Ashton has also served as president of Victoria's Camosun College since 1994.
She was awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation Medal in 1992 and the Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee medal in 2003.
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Liz Ashton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
External links
- Liz Ashton at Team Canada
- Liz Ashton at Olympics.com
- Canadian Olympic profile (CollectionsCanada.gc.ca) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-08-18)
- Welcome from the President (Camosun.ca) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-09-29)
- CPC Wall of Fame: Elizabeth Ashton (CanadianPonyClub.org) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-09-23)
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